In the years since lost Giants fans figured out how to get their fix, Major League Baseball (and other live sports, resistant as they are to recording) have kept fans subscribing to cable when they otherwise would be perfectly happy to cut the cord.
Weird. MLB.tv was the reason I finally did cut the cord. Once you get around the blackouts, you get all the baseball you can handle.
I wonder if MLBAM would get more publicity (especially in this community) if it wasn't tied to Major League Baseball. According to the article they had 60 million stream on opening day which seems to be a multiple of Twitch's record for a single day. But since MLBAM is a private company that has no intention of ever being acquired or getting an IPO, it is mostly ignored in this space even though it might have a bigger industry impact that many companies we focus on.
I posed this comment the other day on another thread, but it is also relevant here
At AWS Re:Invent last year someone from the MLB gave a great presentation[1] on technology usage in baseball and its benefits. It really opened up my eyes to a whole segment that I had never really considered.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 9.3 ms ] threadWeird. MLB.tv was the reason I finally did cut the cord. Once you get around the blackouts, you get all the baseball you can handle.
EDIT: well the article mentions masking your IP, was that what you were talking about?
It's a private company, but they are owned by the teams, and they are perfectly fine making extra money from it I imagine :]
At AWS Re:Invent last year someone from the MLB gave a great presentation[1] on technology usage in baseball and its benefits. It really opened up my eyes to a whole segment that I had never really considered.
[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=847HY-JATrs